Sister Kuroki looked at me funny and said "No... You know what the best advice is?..."
"What?"
...."Suck it up!"
I don't know who taught her that english...but as it turns out- this is some pretty good advice.
Life is busy. Probably no matter what situation you're in.
Work, school, church callings, friends, family, cooking/eating, sleeping, cleaning, a bunch of little to-do tasks....
I've got this desire to prioritize my religion and do things like read scriptures and pray daily and go to the temple weekly. The temple was the hard one. The temple schedule didn't really fit with my- do homework until done and then do other things (aka probably not done til 10 at night) schedule. (Plus being in class and work during the day). But the temple closes at like 8. So I was at a debating with myself (my shoulder angel and devil trying to convince me) about if I was just taking too many credits and should drop some to have time for the temple, (or if I should keep it and continue to just not have time to go at all).
Shoulder Devil: hah! even if you did that do you really think you'd make time for going to the temple then if it's not a priority in your life now?
Shoulder Angel: he has a point.
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So I decided to take the "suck it up" advice. (just do it. forget yourself and go to work...it's all the same :) ) I worked extra hard the first couple days of the week and got ahead giving myself time to go to the temple mid-week. (This may have also included not doing things that weren't that important.) I did have the time I just needed to have a bit of slightly uncomfortable amount of work on the other days to make sure the important things got done.
I've been doing that for over a month now.
If you want something that God also wants you to do, and you put your mind to it, it can happen. Sometimes we have to do things we don't want to (put up with people, a workload, a scary task...)- but that's where that gem of advice comes in. :)
